Thirteen killed in Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 India News

Twelve policemen and a civilian were killed and six injured after 150 heavily armed Maoist guerrillas ambushed a 41-member police force in Chhattisgarh on Monday.
The attack on the District Force (DF) search convoy took place in hillside Risgaon village of Dhamtari district, about 130 km from Raipur.
“The heavily armed rebels first triggered multiple blasts [...]

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Civilian exodus from Swat raises humanitarian crisis fear

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 World

Over 50 per cent of the total 3 lakh residents of Mingora, the main city in Pakistan’s restive Swat valley, have left their homes due to heavy fighting between the Army and Taliban in the region.
The people are using whatever transport they could find trucks, buses, motorcycles, donkey carts and even bicycles to flee [...]

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Deccan Chargers beat Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 Sports

Deccan Chargers relied on a late batting assault by Dwayne Smith (47) and Rohit Sharma’s three-wicket dream spell later on to thump Rajasthan Royals by 53 runs in their Indian Premier League in Kimberely on Monday.
Electing to bat, Deccan first rattled up a challenging 166 for seven, relying mainly on Dwayne Smith’s (47) late [...]

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Top LTTE leader believed to be killed as fighting continues in Lanka

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 World

Elusive LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran’s top military aide is believed to have been killed by the Sri Lankan Army in heavy fighting in the island’s north, even as 1,000 civilians broke away from the rebel-held areas and crossed over to safe zones.
Rasiah Ilanthriyan, the Military spokesman of the LTTE, was seriously injured in a [...]

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Gilchrist’s Deccan looks to get even with Warne’s Rajasthan

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 Sports

Both are smarting from defeats in previous matches, but Shane Warne the tactician will give Rajasthan Royals the edge over Adam Gilchrist’s Deccan Chargers when the two sides take on each other in an Indian Premier League match in Kimberely on Monday.
Warne and Gilchrist, two men who never got along while playing together for [...]

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Playing as a unit, the success mantra: Limba Ram

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 Sports

India performed overwhelmingly in the World Cup Stage 1 and Stage 2 held recently as the team played like a unit, Indian archery coach Limba Ram said on Monday.
In the recently concluded World Cup Stage 2 at Porec in Croatia, Jayanta Talukdar was revelation in India as he went on to clinch a double, [...]

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Lily Allen denies waging war of words with Cheryl Cole again

by ANIMay 11, 2009 Entertainment

Brit pop singer Lily Allen has dismissed reports that she has once again waged a war of words with Cheryl Cole.
Allen, 24, was reported to have called Cole, 25, “stupid” and “superficial”, and to have also dubbed David and Victoria Beckham as “sickening”, and branding Posh a “monster” in a recent interview with French magazine [...]

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Rs 50 lakh plan to make Narmada pollution-free sanctioned

by AgenciesMay 11, 2009 India News

In a bid to make the Narmada river pollution free, Madhya Pradesh’s Urban Administration Department has sanctioned a Rs 50 lakh scheme for laying down sewage line at its origin in Amarkantak.
The plan, prepared by Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department, was presented to the state’s Urban Administration Minister Babulal Gaur during his recent visit [...]

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Lara Bingle mourns father’s death with ‘Wish you were here’ tattoo

by ANIMay 11, 2009 Entertainment

Aussie model Lara Bingle has been so affected by her father Graham’s death last year that she has had a “Wish you were here” tattoo inked on her wrist.
Bingle’s father had passed away on May 10, 2008, following a prolonged battle with liver and pancreatic cancer, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Mother’s Day was overshadowed by the [...]

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